NOT THAT NICE
Speed
If "DONT NEED" is declarative, "NOT THAT NICE" is confrontational. Speed turn the same sonic weaponry outward here, the guitars carrying a sharper, more antagonistic edge — there's a sneering quality in the riffing that matches the lyrical posture of someone done performing pleasantness for a world that hasn't earned it. The tempo barely relents, but there are micro-moments of rhythmic displacement that give the track a lurching, unpredictable quality. Siow's vocals push harder here, the delivery almost spitting, the cadence weaponized. What makes Speed interesting within hardcore is how clearly they've digested the genre's history — you can hear the influence of both American and Japanese hardcore without the track feeling like pastiche, because the personality overwhelming it is distinctly their own. The song is short enough that it ends before you've fully processed it began, which is intentional — the abruptness is part of the statement. It's the kind of track that rewards volume and repetition, each listen revealing another small detail in the guitar texture or drum placement. Put this on when patience has genuinely run out.
very fast
2020s
abrasive, dense, jagged
Australian hardcore, American and Japanese hardcore influences
Hardcore, Punk. Hardcore punk. aggressive, defiant. Begins in outward-directed antagonism with a sneering edge and escalates into pure weaponized fury before ending so abruptly the confrontation feels unresolved by design.. energy 10. very fast. danceability 4. valence 3. vocals: aggressive male, spitting cadence, antagonistic delivery, nearly percussive in rhythm. production: sharp antagonistic riffing, precise drum placement, micro-rhythmic displacement, tight mix. texture: abrasive, dense, jagged. acousticness 1. era: 2020s. Australian hardcore, American and Japanese hardcore influences. The exact moment patience has genuinely run out and you need sound that matches the temperature of pure, outward-directed frustration.